Bucket-supporter.



No. 7|0,907. Patented Oct. 7, I902 w. H. THOMPSON.

BUCKET SUPPORTER.

(Application filed Sept. 8, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM II. THOMPSON, OF FANCYFARM KENTUCKY.

BUCKET-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,907, dated October '7, 1902. Application filed September 6, 1901. Serial No. 74,569. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I,WILL1AM H. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fancyfarm, in the county of Graves and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bucket-Supporters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to attachments for hoisting-pulleys; and its primary object is to provide a device adapted to be readily attached to the well-bucket-hoisting pulley for suspending the well-bucket.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing is a view in perspective of a hoisting-pulley with my improvement applied thereto.

' The pulley-frame comprises parallel side plates 1 and 2 and a transverse connectingplate 3, all formed integral. An eye 4 is secured to or cast integral with the plate 3 of the pulley-frame, by meansof which the frame is suspended in the well-house above the well or cistern. The lowerends of the side plates of the pulley-supporting frame are formed with bearings for the shaft 5, upon which is mounted a grooved pulley 6.

7 and 8 designate rods formed at their upper ends with eyes 9, fitting over the extended ends of the shaft 5 and secured thereon by upsetting the ends of the shaft. The lower ends of the rods 7 and 8 are formed into hooks 10, and at a point above said hooks the rods are twisted, as indicated at 11, and welded together to project the hooks in opposite directions.

The utility and operation of the'device may be explained as follows: In drawing water from a well or cistern the well-bucket after being hoisted is ordinarily rested on the well frame or curb while its contents are being emptied into a bucket or other receptacle. This necessitates the lifting of the well-bucket,

and any water spilled during the emptying of the bucket falls upon the ground outside the curb. By the employment of my improvement as soon as the well-bucket is hoisted to the top of the well (by the aid of a rope and Windlass, not shown) the bail of the wellbucket is hooked on one of the hooks 10 of the rods 7and 8. The bucket thus suspended directly over the well can be readily tilted to pour water into a receiving vessel, which may be held beneath the well-bucket or supported in any convenient manner, and any overflow will return to the well or cistern. After the well-bucket has been emptied and it is desired to draw more water the bucket is removed from the suspending device and lowered into the well.

It will be obvious that the manual lifting of the well-bucket is avoided by the use of my improvement and, moreover, that the spilling of water outside the curb, which is objectionable, is also avoided.

The device may be attached to the wellbucket-hoisting pulley of a well or cistern at small expense, and its convenience and simplicity are apparent.

I claim- The combination with a'pulley adapted to be suspended and havinga shaft with extended ends, of a pair of elongated rods having eyes at their upper ends fitted over and secured to the extended ends of the said shaft, the rods having upturned hooks at their lower terminals, the rods being drawn together and twisted and welded together a short distance above the hooks to project the latter in opposite directions, the said hooks being continually spaced apart and out of contact.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

1 WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.

mark Witnesses:

C. W. WILSON, CHARLIE BEENn. 

